Storage battery



W. S. GOULD.

STORAGE BATTERY.

APPLICATION man JULY23, 1920.

Patented Dec. 28, 1920.

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w. s. GOULD. STORAGE BATTERY.

APPLICATION FILED JULY23| 1920.

Patented Dec. 28, 192@.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- WILLIAM S. GOULD, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

, ASSIGNOR TO GOULD STORAGE BATTERY COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK,

STORAGE BATTERY.

To (171 l /I())H it may cow/ m l e it known that l, VILLIAW S. GoULD, arlliYcn ot' the United States. residing in the city. county, and Stateof New York, (whose o post-oliicc address in c/o Gould Storage Batteryunpany, 30 East 42nd street, New York city, N. Y.,) have inventedcertain. new and useful Improvements in Storage liatteries, of which thefollowing is a specilication. 7 r i My invention relates to storagebatteries and parthrularly to means for supporting free ends of theplates and also means for -su 'iporting separators in place.

My invention will be better understood by reference to the followingspecification in connection with the accompanying drawings torn'iing apart thereof in which- "l igure 1 shows a sectional elevation of abattery and Fig. 2 shows in perspective some of the parts assembled butseparated in order to more clearly show therelat-ion of the parts.

The battery comprises the usual jar 1 having a cover 2 of lead antimonycompound. The cover 2 is provided with openings through which extendttl'll'lllltll 3 and 4. These terminals are attached to the cover asfollows: 7

They are provided with an enlargement 5 engaging a member 6 placedbetween the cover 2 and the terminal. Placed on the top of the member 6is a gasket 7. The tern'iinals are screw-threzuled at 8, and l) is a nutcomposed of hard rubber or other suitable material which is screwed onto the threads 8 and which holds the enlargements 5 up tightly againstthe member 6, thus Forming a gas tight joint between the terminal andthe cover. The terminal 3 is connected by a bus bar 10 with the platesll and the terminal r is connected by a bus bar 12 to the plates 13.Each of the plates, therefore, has a terminal end and a tree end. Thefree end of the plates .11 is provided with an upwardly extendingprojection 14 and the plates 13 are provided with up \vardly extendingprojections l5. The bus bars ll) and. 12 have a horizontal projection 16thereon and a supporting membor l7, having a general 8 shapedcross-section,- engages the top of the projection 16 and of thesupporting surface of the member 17.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dec. 28, 392th 1920. SerialNo. 398,548. F

supports the free ends of the plates through the projections 14 and 15which rest on top By reason of the particular configuration of themembers 17 they form a cover for the projections 14 and 15, in additionto forming a support for the ends of the plates.

In this construction the separators are, supported from a rod 18 which,rests upon theilprojections 19 on theplates.

aving described 'myi invention What I now claim as new and desiretosecure by Letters Patent is:

1 A storage battery comprising a jar containing positive and negativeplates each having a terminal end and a free end, said positive andnegative plates being grouped and a bar connecting them togetherrespectively at opposite sidesof the jar, a projection on the free endof each plate extending partly under the bar at that side of the jar anda support of insulating material supported by said bar and carrying saidprojection.

2. A storage battery comprising a jar containing positive and negativeplates each having a terminal end and a free end, said positive andnegativev plates being grouped, and a'bar connecting them togetherrespectively at opposite sides of the jar, a projection on the free endof eachrplate and adjacent the bar at that end of the jar, a support ofinsulating material having a general S shape in cross section, the topof said sup port resting on said bar and the bottom thereof supportingthe said projections and acting as a cover therefor to prevent shortcircuits as by sediment deposi A storage battery comprising a jarcontaining positive and negative plates each having a terminal end and afree end, said positive and negative plates being grouped and a barconnecting them together respec tively at opposite sides oil the jar, aprojection on the free end, of each plate and adjaccnt said bar and asupport for the free ends of "the plates comprising a piece ofinsulating material hooked over the edge of said bar and under saidprojections.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

- WILLIAM S. GOULD.

